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How To Teach English With Technology

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  1. Each publication is reviewed by at least two external reviewers.
  2. Since the language of publication is English, at least one reviewer is a native speaker of English.
  3. At least one reviewer has a different affiliation country than the author.
  4. The submissions are subject to the double blind review process.
  5. Every care is taken so that there is no conflict of interest between the authors and the reviewers.
  6. The review is made in a written form with a clear conclusion on acceptance or rejection of the submission.
  7. The reviewing procedure and the reviewer file are published on the Journal�s website athttp://www.tewtjournal.org/reviewingprocedure.htm
  8. The names of reviewers for particular issues are not revealed, instead, once a year, the aggregate list of reviewers for the entire volume is published.
  9. TEWT JOURNAL GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  10. TEwT Code of conduct
Where do you do process how to to teac english with technology we should/could Start?

� Word processor
� Websites
� Email
� Chat
� Wikis
� Blogs
� Podcasts
� Online reference tools

  1. Word Processor
          � Inserting images and links
          � Creating forms (Adding text boxes, check boxes and drop-down menus)
          � Using track changes
          � Creative writing
          � Collaborative writing
             � Check: http://edvista.com/claire/wp.html
                          http://office.microsoft.com/ Search for FORMS

     2.  Websites

          � Considering googling key webpages before the class to provide them to students.
          � Check the webpage for accuracy, currency, content and functionality.
          � Save the links to your favourite webpages in your �FAVOURITES� menu.
            � Check: http://www.ask.com for real language searches
                         http://www.google.com for images and info.

    3. Doing Doing things things with with webpages

       � Treasure hunts (similar to Find someone who�)
       � Webquests (Aim, Final product, Process, Resources, Evaluation)
       � Comparing versions.
       � Analyzing style.
       � Internet-based Project Work.
       � Access to authentic Listening comprehension texts
       � Access to Videos and videoclips.
       STEPS :
  • Introduction: overall theme. Background information on thetopic. Introduces key vocabulary and concepts learners will need to understandand complete tasks
  • Task: explains clearly and precisely what learnerswill have to do. This should be motivating and interesting.
  • Process: Guides learners through set ofactivities and research tasks, using predefined resources (Internet based)presented in clickable form. 
  • Products:may introduce or recycle lexical areas orgrammatical points essential to the task. It will also have one or several�products� the learners are expected to present at the end. These will form thebasis of the evaluation stage. 
  • Evaluation: can involve learners inself-evaluation, giving feedback on what they feel they have learnt. Alsoinvolves teacher evaluation.
  • Examples:  http://www.instantprojects.org/index.php      http://webquest.org/index.php 

  •  4. Email
        � Learners submit work as attachments by mail
        � Teacher emails learners homework, summaries of classwork, extra material, etc.
        � The teacher can email regular newsletters about the class and themselves during the academic year as well as over the holidays.
        � Learners can email to prepare before class.
        � Learners can use email for individual tutorials with the teacher.
        � Email can be used for collaborative writing (In groups Learner 1 starts the story and so on)

     5. Chat

        � Chat is a tool which allows for synchronous, i.e. real- time, communication over the internet.
        � It may include a video and sound component or only text.
        � Advantages
           - Contact with other learners/cultures
           - Real communication with a real purpose
           - Use of a new medium in the classroom
           - Opportunity to practice both spoken and written English
              Check: http://www.skype.com for voice and text chats

     6. Blog

Usually kept by one person, who will regularlypost comments, thoughts, experiences, etc to a web page, creating a communityaround a common topic. May consist of written text only or include pictures,photos, audio, video.  Readers can post comments if allowed.  http://fceblog.blogspot.com/

Different typesof blogs

Edublogs: cover awide range of topics related to education from educational policies to learnerproductions. Can be set up by a teacher (tutor blog), individual students(student blog) or a class (class blog). http://c3viseu.blogspot.com

WHAT FOR?

- Tutor blog: providelearners with news or comments, extra reading practice or homework, summary ofa class for students absent, study tips.

- Student blog:Learners can be asked to set up and maintain their own blog and post once ortwice a week or post comments on others.

- Class Blog: Alllearners post comments on certain topics, on class work or any issue theteacher thinks interesting or relevant to learners.

WHY?

- Provide realworld tool to practice written English.

- provide a real audience for student writing .

- Meaningful &purposeful activity.

- Contact learnersfrom other parts of the world.

How :

      - There are a number of free blog sites available:

      - Blogger: www.blogger.com

      - WordPress: http://wordpress.org

      - Getablog: www.getablog.net/portal3.php

      - EzBlogWolrd: www.ezblogworld.com

   7. Wikis

       � A wiki is like a public website or public web page started by one person, but which subsequent visitors can add to, delete or change as they wish.

       � A wiki is like having a publicly accessible word processing document available online, which anyone can edit.  Check: http://www.wikispaces.com

       Examples : 

            www.wikipedia.com

           pbwiki : http://pbwiki.com

           http://atwiki.com

   8. Podcasts

      � Similar to a radio or tv show.

      � You can listen to or watch (or even create) a podcast on a topic that interests you whenever you want to. 

           - Check:

                � http://www.englishcaster.com

                � http://www.bbc.co.uk

                � http://www.npr.org

                � http://www.audacit

9. Online reference tools

� Dictionaries

� Language translators

� Thesauruses

� Concordancing programmes

   � Monoconc (www.monoconc.com) U$ 69

� Corpuses

   � www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk

� Encyclopedias

   � www.britannica.com

   � www.wikipedia.com




















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